11, 2007 at 11:15 a.m. ETCHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage rates rose this week, following the release of September employment figures, Freddie Mac's chief economist said on Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.40%, up from last week's 6.37% average, according to ...
24, 2007 at 2:52 p.m. ETBOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage real estate investment trusts that haven't yet succumbed to the credit storm are struggling to secure funding and are facing growing liquidity problems, Fitch Ratings said Monday. "Limited access to capital has hurt U.S. mortgage...
Oct. 5: MarketWatch - Mortgage Rates Are At 7%, What's Going On In The Housing Market? About MarketWatch real-estate reporter speaks with Zonda Research's chief economist Ali Wolf about the housing market, why we're not building enough homes, and ...
the nation's biggest real estate website owner, housing prices in 100 cities averaged 8,487 yuan ($1,267) per square meter in November, rising 0.82 percent over October, gaining for a second month even as the central bank raised interest rates for the first time since 2007. ...
A pattern that Market Watch says was seen prior to the 2007-2009 great recession. An Inconvenient Truth During the 1960s and 1970s, the American economy expanded over 11%. In the 90s it couldn’t get above 9% and in the most current expansion it hit 5.9% and recently was only 3.6% ...
Consumer sentiment was also up in August, to a three- month high, boosted by low mortgage rates and retail sales. Of the nearly 470 S&P 500 companies reporting earnings as of Thursday, 68 percent reported above analysts' expectations, in line with results over the last four quarters.Crabtree...
I get a ransacked property to fix and have to pay higher mortgage rates while the eviction process evolves. DEFAULT! The caveat is wage inflation which increases the velocity of money and brings on inflation at best and ensuing hyperinflation. My renters and my standard of living goes down ...
Central bankers have succeeded in convincing virtually everyone they have everything under control, when in reality they have introduced far more risk and fragility into the financial system than existed in 2007. Curing a debt problem with far more debt is ...
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Published: March 11, 2007 at 2:52 p.m. ETSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Problems in the subprime mortgage business may be spreading to other parts of the home loan market. Losses are creeping up on so-called Alt-A loans, which are considered less risky than subprime mortgages, but...